Year: 1992 Source: Issues in Law & Medicine, v.8, no.1, (Summer 1992), p.37-53 SIEC No: 19930998

This paper reviews the discriminatory treatment of disabled people who express a desire to die. The paper reviews: identification of suicidal individuals; factors that influence clinical practice when dealing with disability and suicide; discriminatory treatment of suicidal persons with disabilities; signs of of suicide in people with disabilities, and; recommendations.